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House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law

by Brian Slodysko
| August 26, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress in their quest to fight back against voting restrictions advanced in Republican-led states.

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